November 16, 2009

Cheeseburger Soup on Triple D!

picture courtesy of Food Network

I admit it, I am hooked on Diner's Drive-in's & Dives!! Partly cuz I want to own a diner one day but mostly cuz I love getting unique recipes from this show. I was watching last week when Guy was at Grover's in East Amherst, NY. The food looked great but toward the end of the segment, the owner made Cheeseburger Soup that Guy was creaming his jeans over ... so armed with my note pad and pen, I replayed the segment until I had the ingredients and most of the how too's ... I swear I don't know what I would do with out DVR!!

Anyway back to the soup ... So I get the ingredients and arm myself to make this soup. Now you ask yourself "Why is this such a big deal, cheese soup with hamburger in it ... Aaaaaa but just as the soup was finished the chef/owner added lettuce and tomatoes. Can you have a cheeseburger without lettuce and tomato, I think not!!! I was skeptical about adding the lettuce too but then I thought, is it really any different than adding spinach? Don't be afraid, ADD THE LETTUCE it is a wonderful surprise! I will have to make it again to get a picture, we ate it all before I remembered to take one, it is that good!

So without further ado I give you my version of Triple D Cheeseburger Soup ... then only thing I will do different next time???? Is make it a Bacon Cheeseburger Soup!!!!

Triple D Cheeseburger Soup

1 pound super lean ground beef

16 oz chicken stock

1 pints half and half

½ block of
Velveeta, cubed

1 large onion, diced

3 T. butter

2 med tomatoes, chopped

2 cups Iceberglettuce, chopped

Salt & Pepper to taste

1/4 cup flour mixed with 3/4 cup water (for thickener)

In a Dutch
oven, melt butter and sweat onion until translucent, remove. Add ground beef,
season with salt & pepper and cook until browned and a bit crispy, drain. (Next time I will make actual patties and grill them to get more of a burger taste) remove from pan.

Instructions

In a Dutch oven, spray butter and sweat onion until translucent,
remove. Add ground beef, season with salt & pepper and cook until
browned and a bit crispy, drain. (Next time I will make actual patties
and grill them to get more of a burger taste) remove from pan.Add
your chicken stock, & flour slurry, bring to boil scrapping bits
off the bottom. Add half & half and Velveeta. Cook until all the
cheese is melted, not boiling. Add in onion & hamburger.Season to taste and lower heat. Cover and cook for about an 1 hour. Add the tomatoes and lettuce, stir and serve.

Comments

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@Melissa - you could leave them out but then you loose the cheeseburger taste and just have cheese soup with hamburger in it. The lettuce and tomato really make it. Why not just have a bowl of each next to the crock pot and guests could put it in the bowl before ladling in the soup :)

I did see this on Triple D. I was surprised to see someone did figure out the recipe. I will let you know what I think of it. Thanks a million for figured out the recipe. I will get back to you on how it turns out!! :))))))